Sekucishe kube unyaka kusukela i-Apple ingene emhlabeni wezingubo zokugqoka nge I-Apple Watch. Kodwa-ke, kulapho-ke lapho sekukhishwe amalungelo obunikazi ayivelile. Njengokwazi kwakho, I-Apple ihlala yenza amalungelo obunikazi obunikazi obuholela kumadivayisi amasha noma izinsizakalo ezintsha.
Yebo, kule mpelasonto amalungelo obunikazi abhekiwe akubonile ukukhanya ngokukhiqiza i-Apple Watch nanamuhla Soy de Mac Sabelana nawe.
Omunye wemithombo yokuthi ezimweni eziningi amabhulogi akhethekile anayo ku-Apple amalungelo obunikazi inkampani ephethe i-apula elilumayo ebelilokhu liwenza eminyakeni edlule. Okucacayo ukuthi njengoba umbono unelungelo lobunikazi kuze kube ukusetshenziswa kwalelo patent kuvame ukuthatha isikhathi eside futhi esimweni se-Apple Watch yilokhu okwenzekile.
Ngenkathi kwethulwa i-Apple Watch nomqambi wayo, uJonathan Ive ekugcineni wakwazi ukukhuluma ngayo, kwase kuphele cishe iminyaka emithathu. U-Apple ubekade esebenza ekwakhiweni nasekukhiqizweni i-Apple Watch kusukela ngo-2012 kuze kube yilapho yethulwa ngo-2015. Njengoba ubona esithombeni esiyinhloko salesi sihloko, iphethini esetshenziswe kwilungelo lobunikazi "ibethelwe" ekwakhiweni kokugcina kwewashi.
Amagunya obunikazi esikhuluma ngawo angabonakala ngokuzethemba kuwebhu esikuxhumanisa nawe. Sikukhuthaza ukuthi ubheke ukuhamba kwaleyo webhusayithi ngoba kulapho kufakwa khona amalungelo obunikazi akhishwa kwa-Apple. Njenge-anecdote singakutshela ukuthi esimweni se-Apple Watch, le divayisi Yiyo eletha ndawonye amalungelo obunikazi kakhulu kuyo yonke imikhiqizo i-Apple eyibeke emakethe.